On October 17, 2005, “Warp Records” label released “The Campfire Headphase”, the third Boards of Canada studio album. It was recorded 2001 – 2004, and was produced by Michael Sandison and Marcus Eoin.
On July 24, 2001, “Savant” label released “Blythe Byte”, the 20th Arthur Blythe album. It was recorded in March 2001, and was produced by Cecil Brooks III.
Personnel:
Arthur Blythe – alto saxophone
John Hicks – piano
Dwayne Dolphin – bass
Cecil Brooks III – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Arthur Blythe except where noted.
Hardly
Besame Mucho – Consuelo Velázquez, Sunny Skylar
Blue Monk – Thelonious Monk
Light Blue – Thelonious Monk
And One – Dwayne Dolphin
My Little Brown Book – Billy Strayhorn
Naima – John Coltrane
Ruby, My Dear – Thelonious Monk
Blythe Byte
What a Friend We Have in Jesus – Joseph Scriven, Charles Crozat Converse
On March 6, 2001, “Arabesque” label released “Sometimes the Magic”, the ninth Jane Ira Bloom album. It was recorded June – July 2000, at “Current Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Jane Ira Bloom.
Personnel:
Jane Ira Bloom – soprano saxophone, live electronics
Vincent Bourgeyx – piano
Mark Dresser – double bass
Bobby Previte – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Jane Ira Bloom except where noted
Denver Snap
Now You See It
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Blue Poles
Pacific
Truth in Timbre
Without Words
In Everything
Varo
Many Landscapes
How Are Things in Glocca Morra? – Burton Lane, Yip Harburg
On March 5, 2001, “Jeepster” label released “When It’s All Over We Still Have to Clear Up”, the second Snow Patrol studio album. It was recorded in 2000, at “Substation”, “CaVa”, “The Stables” and “Rage”, and was produced by Michael Brennan Jr., Gary Lightbody, Mark McClelland and Johnny Quinn.
Personnel:
Gary Lightbody – vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, backing vocals
Mark McClelland – bass guitar, piano, keyboards, additional vocals
Jonny Quinn – drums, additional vocals
Liam Saunders – electric piano
Mick Cooke – flugelhorn, trumpet
Stuart Murdoch – piano
Kevin Lynch – additional vocals
Rob Dillam – feedback and acoustic guitar
Richard Colburn – percussion
Fly by Heart – choir
John Todd – trumpet
Caroline Evans – violin
David Burke – viola
Peter Harvey – cello
Track listing:
All lyrics by Gary Lightbody, all music by Gary Lightbody, Mark McClelland and Jonny Quinn.
On February 27, 2001, “Arkadia Jazz” label released “One Day, Forever”, the 31st Benny Golson album. It was recorded in November 1996, September 1999 and October 2000, at “Sandhausen Studios” in Germany, “Avatar Studios” and “Patrych Recording” in New York, “39th Street Music” in New York City, and was produced by Bob Karcy.
On November 13, 2001, “Elektra” label released “Motherland”, the third Natalie Merchant album. It was recorded July – September 2001, at “Allaire Studios”, “Sunset Sound” and “Clinton Studios”, and was produced by T-Bone Burnett and Natalie Merchant.
Personnel:
Natalie Merchant – vocal, piano, Rhodes piano
Erik Della Penna – electric guitar, classical guitar, acoustic guitar, oud, banjo, lap steel guitar, bouzouki
Greg Leisz – acoustic and electric guitar, 12 string guitar, banjo, mandolin
Elizabeth Steen – Hammond organ, mellotron, Wurlitzer piano, piano
Gabriel Gordon – vocal, acoustic and electric guitar
Keefus Ciancia – piano, Hammond organ, keyboard
Patrick Warren – Chamberlin, pump organ
Guy Klucevsek – accordion
Van Dyke Parks – accordion
Mike Elizondo – acoustic bass
Bob Glaub – bass guitar
Jeremy McCoy – bass guitar
Graham Maby – bass guitar
Matt Chamberlain – drums, percussion
Carla Azar – drums
Katie Goldberg – vocal
Mavis Staples – vocals
Kate Daley – Vivian girl’s voice
Kelly Daley – Vivian girl’s voice
Stephen Barber – arranger, conductor
David Ralicke – tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, trombone
Philip Myers – French horn
Sandra Church – alto flute
David Krakauer – clarinet
Mitchell Estrin – bass clarinet
Tony Kadleck – trumpet
Chris Tedesco – trumpet
Sandra Park – violin, string contractor
Krystof Kuznik – violin
Bruno Eicher – violin
Ann S. Kim – violin
Lisa E. Kim – violin
Karen Marx – violin
Robert T. Shaw – violin
Fiona Simon – violin
Soo Hyun Kwon – violin
Jung Sun Yoo – violin
Sharon Yamada – violin
Laura Seaton – violin
Nick Cords – viola
Vivek Kamath – viola
Karen Dreyfus – viola
Elizabeth Dyson – cello
Sarah Seiver – cello
Alan Stepansky – cello
Track listing:
All tracks by Natalie Merchant.
This House Is on Fire
Motherland
Saint Judas
Put the Law on You
Build a Levee
Golden Boy
Henry Darger
The Worst Thing – Spanish lyrics by Daniel de la Calle
On November 5, 2002, “Interscope” label released “Red Letter Days”, the fourth Wallflowers (The) album. It was recorded 2001 – 2002, at “Groovemasters Studio” in Santa Monica, “Sound City Studios” in Van Nuys, “Record One” in Sherman Oaks, and was produced by Tobias Miller and Bill Appleberry.
Personnel:
Jakob Dylan – lead and backing vocals, guitars
Rami Jaffee – keyboards
Greg Richling – bass guitar
Mario Calire – drums, backing vocals
Rusty Anderson – guitar
Val McCallum – guitar
Mike McCready – guitar
Ben Peeler – lap steel guitar
Moe Z M.D. – background vocals
Courtney Kaiser – background vocals
Lenny Castro – percussion
David Campbell – string arrangements
Bill Lane – engineer, engineering consultant
Dave Reed – engineer
Bob Salcedo – engineer
Femio Hernández – assistant engineer
Darrell Thorp – assistant engineer
Rich Tosi – assistant engineer
Miles Wilson – assistant engineer
Ed Churney – mixing
Tom Lord-Alge – mixing
Louie Teran – editing
Stephen Marcussen – mastering
Robert Vosgien – mastering
Ed Wong – studio technician
Jamie Caliri – art direction, packaging, photography
On October 16, 2001, “EMI Music Canada” label released “The Interzone Mantras” the sixth Tea Party (The) album. It was recorded in 2001, at “Le Studio” in Morin Heights, Quebec, and “Metalworks Studios” in Mississauga, and was produced by Jeff Martin.
Personnel:
Jeff Martin – vocals, guitars, recording
Stuart Chatwood – bass, keyboards
Jeffrey John Burrows – drums, percussion
Paul Atkins – additional percussion, additional vocals
Marc Oulette – string arrangements
Joanna Morin, Francois Pilon – 1st violins
Élise Lavoie, Pascale Gagnon – 2nd violins
Brian Bacon, Juie Dupras – violas
Vincent Bernard, Élisabeth Dubé – cellos
Muhammad Abdul Al Khabyyr – trombone
Jean-Pierre Zanetta – soprano, tenor and baritone saxophone